Health Insurance
Health insurance news and analysis, with coverage of general health insurance trends, major medical insurance, disability insurance, dental insurance, vision plans, telemedicine plans, critical illness insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, short-term health insurance, the Affordable Care Act public exchange program, and more.
Assurant Hires Former Morehouse Official
By Staff WriterAssurant Inc. has hired Ronny Lancaster to be senior vice president for federal government relations.[@@]Lancaster previously was chief operating officer at the Morehouse School ...
September 26, 2005
Famed Spokesfowl Gets Plaque On Madison Avenue SidewalkGrand Central Partnership Inc. honored the Aflac Duck today at a ceremony recognizing the duck for being one of America's favorite advertising icons.[@@]The Aflac ...
September 25, 2005
Remembering Mary Jane FisherI was traveling out West when I got a call from Mary Jane Fisher's daughter telling me that her mom had passed away at the ...
September 23, 2005
Viga Launches Automated Enrollment FormatViga Technologies has introduced an online benefits enrollment system built to work with Adobe Inc.'s "Intelligent Document" system.[@@]Viga, part of Thomson Financial Services Inc., ...
September 23, 2005
Feds Map Out Medicare Drug, Managed Care ProgramsThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has approved new 2006 Medicare prescription drug program and Medicare managed care program offerings.[@@]The insurers with products ...
September 23, 2005
The Updated Katrina Contribution ListHere is a partial description of life and health insurance community responses to Katrina.[@@]- The Texas Association of Health Underwriters, Duncanville, Texas, has announced ...
September 22, 2005
NAIC Endorses Marsh SettlementThe National Association of Insurance Commissioners says it has reached a multistate settlement agreement with Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc.[@@]The NAIC settlement endorses a ...
September 22, 2005
Survey%3A Workers Like Employer-Chosen CoverageSome health policymakers want to put individual consumers in charge of buying their own health coverage, but many consumers seem to prefer employer-chosen plans.[@@]Jeanne ...